St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-01-06
Events of 1886.
A Years Happenings I'm st. JOhnsbu
ry and Caledonia County.

Vi OJ COuuSJ
of Caledonia. A brief record of some
of the events of the year may be of in
terest to the retrOspectively inclined
readers of the Caledonian.
January /. New Years reception at
the Atheneum.-Dea of K. E. Woods
at Passumpsic.
A. Reorganization First National
bank OF the retirement of Cashier May.
Ice went out of the Passumpsic caus-
ing serious damage along the river.
6. Annual village meeting.-T. c..
Fletcher g. Co.'s store sold to Harvey
& Brown.
8. Annual exhibition of Adelphian
and Athenian societies at the academy.
Sheriff SullOway cleaned out st.
JOhnsbury house. Exit Bedell.
H. Cold snap. Mercury $50 below
Zero Judge Poland resigned the
presidency of the First National bank
after having held the position since
the organization of the bank.
Ia. Antiquarian supper at South
church.
Is. Meeting of Masons of 18th Ma
sonic district.-Death of Mrs. JOna-
than Ross.
IL. Ninetieth birthday anniversary
sOf Thaddeus Fairbanks.
g I8. Town debt refunded.
Is. Annual Agricultural society and
Fair ground company meetings.
y "a. Meeting of American Bible So
ciety in North church.--Fire in Meth
, Odist church at Lyndon.
IS. Hubbell's butter tub factory
burned at North Danvile.
%. Harvey Fosters barns burned
at Walden. = Kirby Congregational
church dedicated.
%. Death of Smith Carr at North
amptOn.
80. Celebration at Brantview of the
18th anniversary of the settlement of
Rev. Edward Fairbanks as pastor of
the South church.-Suicide of Mrs.
Charles Phillips at Waterford.
During the month of January re-
ligiOus revival of special interest was
in progress at Peacham.
February |. Death of Rev. G.. l..
GOOdell at st. Louis.
2. Major Dane lectured on Cup the
Rhine and over the Alps"
4. Caledonia county temperance
meeting.
8. c.. p. Gilman leGtured on En-
gland.
10. Thomas Ward arrested on
charge of burning Harvey Fosters
barns in Walden. Hearing It'll.
ID. Annual meeting Sd district l. o.
G. II. with Hector lodge.
IA. Death of Judge Asa L. French.
Rev. E. A. HOyt began his pastOrate
with the Church of the Messiah.
Is. Meeting st. Johnsbury Dist.
Ministerial association at Methodist
church.-COncert by PhilOmela quar-
tette.
%. w. P. Stafford and Florence
Goss married at st. Andrews church.
25. Special religious services at the
academy.
%. Mrs. NJ. H. Hunt lectured on
"Waiting for the ict."-Death of
Henry Stevens in London.
During the last days of February
there was big snow storm that block
ed the roads east and west. No trains
passed through the White Mountain
notch for days, and in some of the
towns in this county the public roads
were not broken out for some days.
March g President Bartlett of Dart
mouth lectured in academy hall on
"The spontaneous element in scholar
ship"
3. Slight fire in the B. & L. wood
shed at depOt.-March meeting.
4. Old Folks concert by North
church choral society.
IL. st. Johnsbury's telephone war
amicably adjusted. - Advent church
called Rev. l.. w. Smith.
I3. Death of Peter Buchanan at
McIndoe's Falls.
I6. Boiler explosion at North VOL
colt that killed three men and wound
ed others.-C. c. Carlton lectured on
the battle of Gettysburg.
IL. Concert by Sisters of the Con-
gregation at the convent.
lS. Dartmouth freshmen had jOl-
LITIGATION at the ST. JOhnsbury house.
L. F. Brown, after As years of business
life in st. JOhnsbury, retired from
business. - Prof. Churchhill gave a
reading.
20. Death of Sabina w. Jones at
Chicago, Ill.
81. Baptist Sunday school celebrat-
ed the 18th anniversary of its organ
izatiOn.
81. Rev. ID. II. Adams resigned pas
tOrate of the Free Baptist church.
%. Death of Mrs. Chauncey S.
Walker.
30. Charles S. Shaw's house burned
at Danville.
81. Thaddeus Fairbanks seriously
injured by a fall.-Annual school meet
ing.
April |. The ice went out of the
Passumpsic river again, this time do
ing thousands of dollars damage, wash
ing away the railroad track between
here and Passumpsic, and impeding
travel.
Z. The 6Ist anniversary of the or
ganization of North church observed.
8. Fast day. Sermon by Rev. ID.
II. Adams.
IL. Death of Thaddeus Fairbanks.
Funeral I4th.
ID. Grand concert by St. JOhnsbury
band before full house.
Is. Exhibition by Y. NJ. c. A. ath-
letes.
I8. Memorial sermons on Thaddeus
Fairbanks by Rev. Edward Fairbanks
and Rev. C. NJ. Lamson.
10. Special town meeting; voted
5000 for soldiers home.
O5 Easfar Sunday